perditio

Latin

Etymology

From perdo (“I destroy”).

Noun

perditiō f (genitive perditiōnis); third declension

ruin, destruction
Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, excidium, lētum, ruīna, excidiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, pestis, perniciēs, exitium
perdition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perditiō	perditiōnēs
Genitive	perditiōnis	perditiōnum
Dative	perditiōnī	perditiōnibus
Accusative	perditiōnem	perditiōnēs
Ablative	perditiōne	perditiōnibus
Vocative	perditiō	perditiōnēs

Descendants

Italian: perdizione
Old French: perdiciun
- English: perdition
- French: perdition
Portuguese: perdição
Spanish: perdición

References

“perditio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
perditio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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